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FUTURE OF SELLING · JASON LIM

Sales Kickoff Presentation Coaching in Shanghai for Sales Leaders

What if the team left the kickoff able to run the new pitch the following week? Imagine a sales kickoff presentation that sets one method, one offer and one standard, instead of a slide marathon that is forgotten by Monday. Even if the year has a new number and a new pack of tools, you can still open with a message that sticks. It's like tuning the orchestra before the curtain, not during the first song.

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Since 2016, his events have reached 100,000+ founders across Asia.

Closed $7M+ in deals by 24 and rebuilt from zero twice.

Our graduates have produced 8-figure results and beyond.

Why learn from Jason Lim?

He has done what he teaches.

He closed over $7 million in deals, so the kickoff is built to change the next meeting, not to fill a morning.

He has coached since he was sixteen.

He started coaching basketball at 16, and a kickoff is treated like a season opener: one plan, practised in public.

Proof from people who used it.

Graduates who applied the method have produced 8-figure results; two of their stories appear further down, and a Shanghai kickoff is planned with it.

He learned from renowned mentors.

He studied under Marshall Thurber (creator of Money & You®), Joel Bauer, Tony Robbins, Chet Holmes and Bob Proctor. The room stays tight, not a loose morning of updates.

Why is Future of Selling the best sales kickoff presentation coaching in Shanghai?

A proven framework.

P.I.T.C.H. gives the year a single spine the team can reuse in buyer meetings, not only in the hall.

An easy, step-by-step system.

The room practises in order: one message, one rehearsal, then the next message.

Fast results.

You work on the actual kickoff talk, so the version on the day is the one you rehearsed.

How sales kickoff presentation coaching with Future of Selling works

  1. 1

    Learn the rules of selling.

    A kickoff is a leadership pitch to your own team. You learn how they decide to adopt a method, and you present to that.

  2. 2

    Learn P.I.T.C.H., Jason's signature method.

    Power, Intent, Teach, Close and Habits applied to a kickoff presentation and the first-week follow-through.

  3. 3

    Learn the art and science of closing and countering objections.

    You rehearse the hard questions on targets, tools and 'what do we do on Monday' until the answers are practical.

Working on a customer-facing sales presentation rather than an internal kickoff? See sales presentation training.

Top reviews for Future of Selling by sales leaders and enablement leads in Shanghai: Success Stories and Transformations

“Honestly, just five minutes with him is worth not hundreds, not thousands—but thousands upon thousands.”

Vũ Ngọc Hoa, CEO, Enlightenment Education.

“Your script really worked like magic!”

Javier Wong, CEO, Lifetutors Singapore.

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Don't open the Shanghai kickoff with a slide marathon the team will forget

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Who is Jason Lim?

Jason Lim, sales kickoff presentation coaching coach for Shanghai clients coached online

Jason Lim was once an extreme introvert who dreaded the stage. A financial scam wiped out his family's savings. In 2020, he also lost everything he had built. He rose again by learning to say what his work was worth, so the other person could truly hear it. He shaped that skill into Future of Selling, where he now teaches P.I.T.C.H.

His first teaching role was as a basketball coach, at 16. Later he closed over $7 million in deals. He studied under renowned mentors: Marshall Thurber (creator of Money & You®), Joel Bauer, Tony Robbins, Chet Holmes and Bob Proctor. Today he helps founders win without losing what truly matters. Leaders from Skystone Asset Management, Signarama Singapore, Enlightenment Education, Mindreader AI and 8Yolk Design Studio are among those who have trained with him.

Are you facing this right now?

The agenda is a tour of functions.

Each leader presents a pack, and the team cannot say what to do differently on Monday.

The new pitch is shown once, quickly.

No one has rehearsed it out loud, and the field reverts to last year's habit.

Energy is high, instructions are vague.

People leave motivated and still unsure which conversation to change first.

Time buyers spend with suppliers

17%

When B2B buyers are considering a purchase, they spend only 17% of that time meeting with potential suppliers. When they compare several suppliers, the time with any one sales rep may be only 5% to 6%.

Source: Gartner, “Win More B2B Sales Deals” (2018), citing the Gartner 2017 Digital B2B Buyer Survey, n = 750

What happens if this continues?

They have usually done their own reading first.

Most buyers prefer to research on their own first, so a kickoff that only repeats the pack wastes the time you have the team together.

Kickoffs that inspire and then fade.

The year starts with three versions of the offer in the field.

A new playbook no one uses in the field.

You run more enablement sessions and still hear last year's opening in calls.

It follows you home.

Evenings go to another version of the kickoff deck no one asked to rehearse.

Then the first month's numbers arrive.

The room remembers the energy, and not the method, and the year starts unevenly.

Why do Kickoffs that inspire and then fade and a new playbook no one uses in the field keep repeating and never go away?

Most kickoffs are planned as a broadcast: numbers, tools, then a cheer. Teams change when they can practise a new conversation. When the talk never becomes a rehearsal, Monday looks like December. It's like announcing a new route and never walking it with the drivers.

How Future of Selling can help

Use the one hour you have the whole team.

A kickoff is scarce time together. The talk should change the next buyer meeting, not only the mood in the hall.

Hand them language they can use with buyers.

Buyers still want a seller's view on fit. The kickoff should give the team that language.

Open a year in which new foreign-invested firms are arriving.

New foreign-invested enterprises established in China in 2025, 19.1% more than in 2024. The work is to set a pitch the team can take to them.

Get the field ready for Shanghai's new enterprises.

New foreign-invested enterprises established in Shanghai in 2025, 6.8% more than in 2024. The kickoff should install one offer the team will actually use.

New foreign-invested enterprises in China

70,392

New foreign-invested enterprises established in China in 2025, 19.1% more than in 2024.

Source: Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM) News Office, 23 January 2026

New foreign-invested enterprises in Shanghai

6,361

New foreign-invested enterprises established in Shanghai in 2025, 6.8% more than in 2024.

Source: Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics / NBS Survey Office in Shanghai, Statistical Communiqué on 2025, 30 March 2026

Buyers who'd rather skip the rep

61%

Of B2B buyers prefer an overall rep-free buying experience, yet for tasks such as judging whether a product or service fits their company's needs, buyers prefer to seek seller input.

Source: Gartner press release, 25 June 2025: survey of 632 B2B buyers, August to September 2024

Where are we located?

  • WeWork 696 Weihai Lu, 696 Weihai Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai, China
  • WeWork 608 Xikang Lu, 608 Xikang Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai 200041, China

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Tell us about the kickoff date, the audience and the message the year has to start with. Apply on the Future of Selling page, and we will reply personally on WhatsApp within one business day.

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Frequently asked questions

What is an SKO presentation?
The main presentation at a sales kickoff (SKO), setting out the year's strategy, targets and priorities for the sales team. An SKO presentation should fit on one page of headlines.
What is a sales kickoff?
An event, often annual, where a sales team hears the plan for the year, the priorities and how they will hit their targets.
What makes a sales kickoff presentation effective?
One clear message for the year, real customer stories, specific changes for each team and a first action with a date. A good sales kickoff presentation structure keeps it this simple.
How long should a sales kickoff speech be?
Usually twenty to forty minutes for the main talk, with shorter sessions around it. Shorter talks are remembered better. A sales kickoff speech should leave time for questions.